DLA guaranteed until 2014?!

gambler00

TheBottomLine wrote: »

It's only Citalopram, very common for depression.

Not all antidepressants work for every patient. Some people would argue that none of them work, or at least not in the way psychiatrists claim.

You're right that I'm fortunate though, but I displayed a willingness and eagerness to get better which you need for CBT to work. Maybe that's why they thought I was worth it.

Or possibly it was because you had been suffering for 30 years.

TheBottomLine_2

Clearly I'm wasting my time, whatever I suggest is just shot down with excuses. Why aren't people willing to even try? The answer is they want it easy, for someone else to do the hard work. Fine then, wallow in self pity until you get a wonder drug and I'll enjoy all the pleasures you're missing out on.

I will end with this - if you're not prepared to help yourself then nobody else should have to help you because you don't deserve it.

Indie_Kid

Some people find that nothing works for them. And yes, I do know someone which that is true for.

gambler00

TheBottomLine wrote: »

Clearly I'm wasting my time, whatever I suggest is just shot down with excuses. Why aren't people willing to even try? The answer is they want it easy, for someone else to do the hard work. Fine then, wallow in self pity until you get a wonder drug and I'll enjoy all the pleasures you're missing out on.

I will end with this - if you're not prepared to help yourself then nobody else should have to help you because you don't deserve it.

I don't suffer from depression. I have seen someone close to me suffer from it and during the most acute stage they were in no position to do much for themselves. Perhaps your own depression is not quite the same as other people's.

And you already stated that you had been helped by CBT and antidepressants. It's not a case of "trying hard" - antidepressants simply don't work for all people (read the results of clinical trials). CBT, as I already pointed, out is a very finite resource and is not available for everyone. It's not a case of thinking positively and suddenly the NHS will provide it for you...

alwaysonthego_2

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Indie_Kid

gambler00 wrote: »

I don't suffer from depression. I have seen someone close to me suffer from it and during the most acute stage they were in no position to do much for themselves. Perhaps what you consider depression is not quite the same as what I know it to be.

As soon who has not that long recovered from an episode, (which last around 5 weeks) I agree.

TheBottomLine_2

More excuses.

alwaysonthego_2

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I will repost this

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TheBottomLine_2

There was no medical advice given since you first posted it, why do it again?

gambler00

I find your attitude really offensive. My relative suffers from depression, has taken advantage of all the treatment she has been offered, works, exercises when she can but still suffers from severe depression which appears to be resistant to medication. What exactly am I making excuses about? It's just the facts of her situation. Just as some people don't respond well to cancer treatment, many people don't respond well to antidepressants.

There are different levels of depression. Some people can barely move or eat or speak when it happens to them or they hear voices or hallucinate. Perhaps if your own depression is not like this - and if that's the only medication you are on, it presumably is not - it's difficult to understand. But I have seen it for myself.